An IT analyst died yesterday after plunging from a window of his third-floor flat.
Gordon Barr was discovered with horrific injuries in the early hours of Monday morning.
He died in hospital shortly afterwards.
Police are treating the 51-year-old’s death as unexplained but it is not thought to be suspicious.
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Gordon fell out the window of his flat in Salisbury Road in Newington, Edinburgh, at about 3.15am.
A police spokeswoman said: “Police and emergency services attended and the man was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. He sadly passed away a short time later.
“A report will be sent to the procurator fiscal.”
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Salisbury Road was closed for most of the day yesterday. Gordon is listed as the sole director of an IT firm. He also worked for an Edinburgh company.
He leaves a son, who is understood to work in the US.
